History of Point Steele

Named in 1787 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), while exploring the region (1789, map facing p. 1). It was later called "Point Bentinck," for William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of Portland from 1762 (Wagner, 1937, p. 376) by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), during one of his many visits to the northwest American coast at the end of the 18thCentury. Don Ignacia Artega who, with Don Juan de la Bodega y Quyadra on the Spanish vessels La Princes and La Favorita explored the region in 1779, named the point "Punta De Aguirre" on July 17, 1779, probably after the pilot of the La Favorita, Juan Bautista de Aguirre (Wagner, 1935, p.424).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Point Steele

Loon Rock, Middle Ground Shoal, Rip Rock,

Boswell Bay, Canoe Passage, Cedar Bay, Dan Bay, Fish Bay, Hidden Cove, Kenny Cove, Whiskey Cove, Yelper Cove,

Point Steele, Point Bentinck, Hook Point, Makarka Point, Shirttail Point,

Hawkins Island Cutoff, Strawberry Channel,

Strawberry Hill,

Mummy Island, Boswell Rock, Hawkins Island, Little Mummy Island, Piledriver Rock, Pinnacle Rock,

Makarka Lakes,

Canoe Passage State Marine Park,

Canoe Creek, Canyon Creek, Cedar Creek, Cutoff Creek, Dan Creek, Fish Creek, Hawkins Creek, Hemlock Creek, Hidden Creek, Honker Creek, Makarka Creek, Palugvik Creek, Paul Creek, Snake Creek, Spruce Creek,

Boswell Bay,